House 8 · House of Shared Stakes

Eighth house

The eighth house concerns entanglement: shared assets, obligations, vulnerability, loss, and the transformations that occur when control is distributed.

Questions of the eighth house

  • What do you owe and what is owed to you?
  • How is trust verified?
  • What must be released or renegotiated?

Planets in the eighth house

A planet in this house brings its function into the field of shared money, debt, inheritance, intimacy. The planet’s sign describes style, its aspects describe supporting or competing functions, and proximity to a house cusp can make the neighboring house relevant depending on the interpretive method.

Transits through the eighth house

A transit activates the topics of this house for a period. The transiting planet describes the type of process; aspects to natal planets identify which existing chart functions are contacted. Use an exact calculation rather than a generic Sun-sign horoscope.